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We’re not just raising a PK. We are raising a woman of God.

And one of our greatest responsibilities isn’t simply raising her in church. It’s raising her to know God for herself.

We don’t want Jesus to just be Daddy’s job or the place our family goes every Sunday. We want the presence of God to be a normal part of her childhood.

So there are three things we’re trying to be intentional about while she’s still little.

First, we pray for her, and we pray with her.

She hears us talk to God out loud. She hears us pray at home. She sees that following Jesus isn’t something we turn on when we walk into church. We serve Jesus as a family.

Second, we give her space to pray.

She’s little. She doesn’t understand everything yet. Her prayers aren’t complicated or polished. But they don’t need to be.

She knows God is real. She knows she can talk to Him. And I believe God hears every one of those innocent little conversations. She prays for friends and family. She prays for the requests she hears at church. And sometimes her prayers challenge us or break our hearts as she prays for people who have hurt us or silently disappeared.

Third, we believe church and worship belong to her too.

Church isn’t adult time that children happen to attend. It’s a place for her to listen, sing, learn, pray, worship and build relationships of her own.

Our goal isn’t to raise a little girl who someday says, “My dad was a pastor.” Our prayer and aim is to raise a young woman who someday says, “I knew His presence before I was old enough to understand how precious that was.”

We can’t choose Jesus for our children. But we can build a home where they see Him, hear about Him, talk to Him, worship Him, and watch their parents genuinely follow Him.

“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” — Joshua 24:15

#christianparenting #pastorskid #familytime

📸 cred to PopPop

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If it ain’t grape @welchs it ain’t God’s will.

For years, I debated facts about communion. Wine or grape juice? One cup or many? Loaf or wafers. Prepared trays or the put together pre-package… and one day I looked up and realized that the debates were a distraction from the thing that matters!

Why aren’t we taking it more often? Jesus didn’t say, “Debate this.” He said, “Do this in remembrance of Me.”

Some churches celebrate the Lord’s Supper so infrequently that they can’t remember the last time they remembered Him around His table... typically producing people who don’t remember the last time they sensed his presence.

When communion becomes an occasional holiday observance, “Christians” can begin treating Jesus like an occasional priority.

No, I don’t believe the bread literally becomes His body or the cup literally becomes His blood in the catholic transubstantiation sense…But I also refuse to believe communion is merely an empty ritual.

Something sacred happens when the gathered church obeys Christ, examines itself, proclaims His death, remembers the gospel, and communes with Him by faith.

Can I explain every spiritual reality that takes place? No. There are mysteries in our faith that cannot be reduced to human language. But mystery doesn’t diminish reality.

May we never become so consumed with arguing over what’s in the cup that we forget to drink from it together.

- Jon Groves

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We finished out the year strong and mapped out every episode of @thosepreacherskids podcast for the coming year. I can’t wait for you to hear from our killer lineup of guests, special episodes just from Eli and me, and will this be the year we finish our book!? 😎

If you are a PK or you know someone who is, go subscribe on podcast or YouTube and don’t forget to follow over at @thosepreacherskids!

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Did you know I co-host a podcast for pastors kids? We are seeing God move through these in ways we NEVER thought. We started off doing this for fun but it has become a massive ministry outlet.

This week we are recording tons of episodes. Could you pray for us as we minister to PKs? It is a unique niche to be in, but wow I wish I had something like this when I was growing up.

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Easter ≠ “Super Bowl Sunday”

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Sometimes the most obvious things are the hardest things to grasp. As a pastors kid now on staff and leading, it would be really easy for me to try and be someone i am not. The temptation is there often. But we dont need to fake it til we make it. Shoutout to @gordongram though

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Bonus fam hangs! The Groves fam has been a blessing to us as some of our closest friends! Now we are like, adults with kids. We cant wait for Haven and Siena to be BFFs when they are older 🙏

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Check out the most recent episode of @thosepreacherskids
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Had a great conversation with @jonlgroves and @eliblevins about faith, food, and wardrobe failures.

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I’d rather walk in Holy authority in the space God provided than seek to be an influencer. #raisedtostay

Follow @raisedtostay + @thosepreacherskids and don’t forget to check out the latest podcast episode.

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PK’s live publicly and fail publicly just like their pastor parents. That’s why we must steer clear of church culture that leans toward equivocating Jesus with the pastor and their family. PK’s are kids and should be allowed to act as such. [HEAR MORE OF @raisedtostay on our most recent episode, link in bio]
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Is it a good plan or a God plan?

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We are excited to welcome @barnabaswpiper to the podcast today for part 1 of a 2 episode series. Barnabas wrote the book on the life of a Pastor’s Kid and the perspectives he shares this week are valuable.

Available on YouTube and Podcast.

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